Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-01
Ranch Lite Of Girls.
THEY AMUSE THEMSELVES BY SHOOTING WOLVES
GIRL S QUICK SHOT.

THEY AMUSE THEMSELVES BY SHOOTING WOLVES
GIRL QUICK SHOT.
From the Dakota Tribune.
"Gh, yes, was cowboy for four years" said
Mr. \. L. Thomas, son OF Paymaster Thomas, OF
the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad
81 went out there to look around. I was inst
eighteen, and had great fancy for Western fIou-
tier life. When reached Northwestern Kansas.
between The solomon and Republican rivers,
happened TO get on the trail OI a herd 0; stock
and was invited to join the herders. did so. and
for three Or four days was the SoreSt yuinySt5r
That ever otraddted horse. You see, they just
live in the saddle, and | was a tendartoot or q
pork ana Deans Pilgrim as they call Eastern bows
Bui soon learned 10 handle revolver like the
rest OF them. Everybody carries a revolver. One
needs TO defend himself from the Wild stock and
also TO defend the stock against wolves Any
wolves? WELL Shoui say SO-both the big gray
Won AID the coyotes, which are prairie wolves,
small but sneaky.
at isn't always the pleasantest thing to take a
mana IN Win wolf The first time, own up,
WI a iittie scared. IL happened this way-l WIS
win Cleveland gir.-by the way, the nerviest
girl eV"r saw. She had been spending some little
time at the ranch and had learned 70 use a re-
vO.ver. We were on the prairie When we saw two
big grayS standing In the trail. Quick a chain
lgh, ning she drew her revolver from her belt and
fred. The ball struck Mr. Wolf In the head kill
lug niLl instantly. She was the least bit fright
ened. but looked at it in The coolest way and said
In the most matter-of-!act voice possible: well.
that was good shot, wasn't it?' We got Off our
horses, skinned the animal, and took the hide
hJuie for trophy. She has it now, presume,
WHAT became of the ether? On, killed him but
empted several barrels and riddled the skin so it
was good Tor nothing.
81 also saw this lady in a round up What's
tntt? Wen. It's when all the herders or cowboys
get together anu work up to a common center,
11ICng IN all tAe WIZ animals running loose with
in certain radius. After they are all in-per-
haps thirty or forty srays, seventy, eighty or one
hundred ccyOteS-then the fun commences riding
TO the center, firing and killing the animals. The
round ups bring II all the boys from all sections
around, somewhere from three hundred to four
hundred. and you may believe there Is some lively
firing We'll, as said, this young lady and friend
OF lers Joined In one OF these round ups. They
were the only ladies' In the run. and were la chare
o. the boys OF our ranch. No more respect could be
shown to them II they had been queens. Every
cowboy Ielt they were especially In his care and
they were watched and yet allowed to shoot 10
shape. one came out with seven gray wolf Scalps
and six coyotes, and the other four gray and ten
coyotes and polecat. There is a bounty ON wolf
scaps-25 cents for coyotes and rs cents or 81 for
grays-so the girls did pretty We'll
Who were the girls? Well, l wouldn't like to
give their names They are daughters or wealthy
Cleveland gentlemen, prominent merchants and
they might object. You see, people OF the North
know little OF the cowboys OF Kansas They
think they are lot OF lOw-lived fellows always
ready to shoot and scalp somebody, whereas they
are gentlemanly class OF boys. Many OF them
are just from college. They study themselves ILL.,
and go West to recuperate their health They
get 1t, too, for they live In the saddle become ex.
pert shots, and enter with ZeSt into all outdoor
pursuits that one here cannot understand. hope
10 go back this fall, the boys and go over the
ou stamping ground. / only came back. as the
boys say, TO take a slice OF high life"